Fast way to copy dictionary in Python

Question

I have a Python program that works with dictionaries a lot. I have to make copies of dictionaries thousands of times. I need a copy of both the keys and the associated conte

Answer 1

Appearantly dict.copy is faster, as you say.

[utdmr@utdmr-arch ~]$ python -m timeit -s "d={1:1, 2:2, 3:3}" "new = d.copy()"
1000000 loops, best of 3: 0.238 usec per loop
[utdmr@utdmr-arch ~]$ python -m timeit -s "d={1:1, 2:2, 3:3}" "new = dict(d)"
1000000 loops, best of 3: 0.621 usec per loop
[utdmr@utdmr-arch ~]$ python -m timeit -s "from copy import copy; d={1:1, 2:2, 3:3}" "new = copy(d)"
1000000 loops, best of 3: 1.58 usec per loop